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82Major (stylized in all caps) is a South Korean boy band formed by Great M Entertainment. The group consists of six members: Cho Seong-il, Yoon Ye-chan, Nam Seong-mo, Hwang Seong-bin, Park Seok-joon and Kim Do-gyun. The group&#x27;s name is a combination of South Korea&#x27;s calling code (+82) and the word ‘major’, expressing their desire to become a group that represents Korea. They debuted on October 11, 2023, with the single album On.

82MAJOR

82MAJOR conquistam sua primeira vitória em um programa musical — e SEONG MO, que passou mais de um ano entregando troféus no Show Champion como MC, finalmente pôde receber um

82MAJOR sobre HEAT, a primeira vitória e o que vem depois

BIGHIT MUSIC acaba de abrir sua Audição Global 2026, e as portas estão totalmente abertas. Qualquer homem nascido em 2008 ou depois pode se inscrever, de qualquer lugar, sem restrições de categoria — canto, dança, produção, o que melhor mostrar seu talento

BIGHIT MUSIC Lança Audição Global 2026 para Talentos Masculinos

ZEROBASEONE, commonly known as ZB1, is a five-member boy group formed through the Mnet survival show &quot;Boys Planet&quot; in 2023. They originally debuted as a nine-member group — along with AND2BLE&#x27;s members Zhang Hao, Ricky, Kim Gyuvin and Han Yujin — under WAKEONE Entertainment, with &quot;In Bloom&quot; setting first-week sales records that demonstrated the massive anticipation built through the survival show. As a project group with a limited contract period, ZB1 operates with an urgency to make every comeback count, and they have delivered with consistent chart-topping releases and sold-out concerts. The group&#x27;s strength lies in their strong individual star power combined with impressive group synergy, cultivated through the intense bonding of their competition experience. Their fandom, ZEROSE, mobilized quickly into one of the most organized fan bases in fourth-generation K-pop. ZB1 represents the continued power of the survival show format to create commercially dominant groups with built-in passionate audiences. On March 15, 2026, they held their last concert as a nine-member boy group, sparking sadness among fans, who had grown fond of the relationship that had developed between the nine boys. As YH Entertainment did not renew the contracts of Zhang Hao, Ricky, Kim Gyuvin, and Han Yujin with WAKEONE, ZB1 are now promoting their career as a five-member boy group, with Sung Hanbin, Kim Jiwoong, Seok Matthew, Kim Taerae, and Park Gunwook.

ZEROBASEONE

Seok Matthew e Park Gunwook, membros do ZEROBASEONE da WakeOne, anunciaram o lançamento, em 21 de setembro, de seu tão aguardado projeto de sub-unit sob o nome de dupla ‘EMP’

Seok Matthew e Park Gunwook, do ZEROBASEONE, Anunciam Mixtape sob a Sub-unit ‘EMP’

Grupos rookies dominaram os lançamentos mais recentes de K-pop desta semana, com músicas intensas, dramáticas, suaves e leves

Comeback Corner: IU, YOUNGTAK, NAZE & MORE

TOMORROW X TOGETHER, often shortened to TXT, is a five-member boy group under BIGHIT MUSIC. The group consists of Soobin, Yeonjun, Beomgyu, Taehyun, and Huening Kai. They debuted in March 2019 with The Dream Chapter: Star, becoming BigHit&#x27;s first boy group after BTS and immediately attracting heavy attention. TXT&#x27;s early identity centered on youth, friendship, imagination, and the strange emotional weather of growing up. Instead of debuting with a hard-edged performance image, they leaned into brightness, fantasy, and vulnerability on songs such as &quot;Crown,&quot; &quot;Run Away,&quot; and &quot;Blue Hour.&quot; That made the group feel distinct within fourth-generation boy-group trends, especially because their storytelling often treated adolescence as magical, confusing, and a little unstable. As their catalog developed, TXT added sharper pop-rock, emo, and dance influences through songs like &quot;0X1=LOVESONG,&quot; &quot;LO$ER=LOVER,&quot; &quot;Sugar Rush Ride,&quot; and &quot;Chasing That Feeling.&quot; The members&#x27; strengths map cleanly onto that evolution: Soobin&#x27;s calm leadership, Yeonjun&#x27;s performance charisma, Beomgyu&#x27;s color, Taehyun&#x27;s vocal focus, and Huening Kai&#x27;s bright tone all help the group move between softness and intensity. TXT&#x27;s fandom is known as MOA, short for Moments of Alwaysness. The group&#x27;s significance is tied to how carefully they built a coming-of-age identity across albums, videos, and performances. Rather than defining themselves through a single sound, TXT became a group about transition itself: childhood into adulthood, fantasy into reality, and polished idol pop into something more emotionally restless.

TOMORROW X TOGETHER

Quando a Dolce &amp; Gabbana nomeou SOOBIN como seu mais novo embaixador, começou pela skincare. Ao lado dos retratos de moda esperados, suas imagens de estreia colocam pele de vidro e produtos em primeiro plano. Não foi uma escolha aleatória

SOOBIN, Dolce & Gabbana e o poder crescente da K-beauty masculina

AtHeart is a seven-member girl group under Titan Content. The lineup consists of Arin, Michi, Katelyn, Bome, Seohyeon, Aurora, and Nahyun. The group introduced its members gradually from 2024 into 2025, released the pre-debut single Good Girl (AtHeart), and officially debuted on August 13, 2025 with Plot Twist. Their fandom is known as Heartbeat. AtHeart&#x27;s early identity centers on polished pop, individual member visibility, and a social-media-friendly rollout that lets each member show a distinct personality. After debut, the group expanded the Plot Twist era with Plot Twist (English ver.) and Plot Twist (Remixes), then continued with singles such as Shut Up and Butterfly Doors.

AtHeart

Transitar pelo K-pop como rookie exige resiliência. Para AtHeart, esse ajuste aconteceu rápido, moldado por partes iguais de paciência e momento

AtHeart sobre Crescimento, Tempo e Seguir em Frente Juntas

Billlie is a seven-member girl group under MYSTIC Story, consisting of Moon Sua, Suhyeon, Haram, Tsuki, Sheon, Siyoon, and Haruna. They debuted in 2021 with &quot;RING X RING.&quot; The group became known for an unusually developed narrative concept built around mystery, memory, and the repeated question of what happened to &quot;Billlie.&quot; Rather than using lore only as decoration, Billlie&#x27;s albums, videos, and styling often connect back to that story world. Musically, Billlie has moved through experimental pop, rock touches, jazzier textures, and bright dance tracks while keeping a theatrical edge. Tsuki&#x27;s viral performance moment helped bring broader attention to the group, but the team&#x27;s appeal is broader than one fancam: the members are presented as characters inside a larger pop project. The fandom is known as Belllie&#x27;ve. Billlie&#x27;s appeal comes from the balance between concept, lineup, and musical personality, with the lore adding texture without overwhelming the group&#x27;s pop identity.

Billlie

Desde a estreia, Billlie construiu a reputação de ser um dos atos de K-pop mais guiados por conceito – um grupo cuja música, visuais e narrativas se entrelaçam ao longo de capítulos em vez de se limitar a lançamentos isolados

Entrevista: Dentro de 'False Awakening' de Billlie

TUNEXX chegaram com SET BY US ONLY – uma estreia que não te prepara aos poucos. Em quatro faixas, o grupo de sete membros transita entre atitude old-school, hip-hop eletrônico e a calorosidade do R&amp;B.

Faixa a faixa com KPOPWORLD: 'SET BY US ONLY' do TUNEXX

CLOSE YOUR EYES (also shortened as CYE) is a seven-member boy group under UNCORE. They were formed through JTBC&#x27;s survival show PROJECT7. They made their debut on April 2, 2025, with the mini album &quot;Enternalt&quot;. PROJECT7 started airing on October 18, 2024, and the finale was broadcast live on December 27, 2024, revealing the group name, CLOSE YOUR EYES, and the seven winners, in order: Ma Jingxiang, Kenshin, Jeon Minwook, Seo Kyoungbae, Song Seungho, Jang Yeojun, and Kim Sungmin. Before joining PROJECT7, Jeon Minwook had already debuted as a member of the boy group BAE173 and the project group A-SIX. Additionally, Ma Jingxiang was a contestant on Boys Planet, while Jang Yeojun also participated in Boys Planet and was a contestant on Wild Idol.

CLOSE YOUR EYES

Formados como vencedores do reality show Project 7 (2024) e compostos por sete membros escolhidos por um público global, CLOSE YOUR EYES chegaram já atraindo atenção.

CLOSE YOUR EYES Aprendendo a Ser Visto

Big Ocean nunca fez música sobre vitórias fáceis. THE GREATEST BATTLE não vai mudar isso. O terceiro mini-álbum deles, disponível agora, começa com "Alive" – uma declaração de presença

Faixa a faixa com KPOPWORLD: THE GREATEST BATTLE do Big Ocean

SKINZ is a virtual boy group under Bridge Entertainment. It consists of seven members: Dovin, Dael, Theo, Finn, Jaon, Ilang Kwon, and Yull. The group uses motion capture technology for their idol activities. They debuted on April 10, 2025, with the single &quot;YOUNG &amp; LOUD.&quot; In December of that year, they made their first appearance as a group at SBS INKIGAYO &#x27;UNI-CON&#x27; in TOKYO DOME.

SKINZ

Para a nossa mais recente Capa Digital, o grupo de idols virtuais de sete membros SKINZ conversou com a KPOPWORLD sobre seu miniálbum de estreia SKINZ IS SKINZ – um disco que não tenta se explicar

SKINZ: A Capa Digital da KPOPWORLD

Para a nossa mais recente matéria faixa-a-faixa, a ícone do rock coreano Luli Lee nos leva mais fundo no processo de criação de seu mais recente EP, Brave New World

Faixa-a-faixa: Luli Lee – Brave New World

TNX (an acronym for The New Six) is a five-member boy group under P NATION. Originally debuting as six members, the group was formed through the SBS survival program LOUD, a collaboration project between J.Y. Park and PSY. They officially debuted on May 17, 2022 with their first mini album Way Up. The group’s lineup was finalized during the finale of LOUD in 2021, where Kyung Jun, Tae Hun, Hyun Soo, Jun Hyeok, Hwi, Sung Jun, and Tanaka Koki were selected for P NATION’s upcoming boy group. However, in January 2022, P NATION announced that Tanaka Koki would not debut with the team in order to continue training, leading the group to debut as six members under the name TNX. On their debut day, they also introduced their fandom name THX, meaning “Together with TNX.” Following their debut, TNX continued building their discography with releases such as Love Never Dies, Boyhood, and the digital single &quot;Fuego&quot;, while also participating in the survival competition Road to Kingdom : Ace of Ace in 2024. During this period, member Jun Hyeok temporarily paused activities due to anxiety before later returning to the group. In October 2024, it was announced that member Kyung Jun would enlist in the military and depart from the group following the completion of his service, reducing TNX to five members. The group continued activities with releases including the mini album For Real? in 2025 and the digital single &quot;Call Me Back&quot; in 2026, maintaining their growth under P NATION.

Para “CALL ME BACK”, o TNX trocou cenografia pesada por instinto, deixando a câmera seguir momentos que pareciam mais próximos da vida real do que de uma apresentação

TNX em Suas Próprias Palavras: o videoclipe “CALL ME BACK”

As 10 faixas essenciais do TNX para a era “CALL ME BACK”

Soul delivery nunca se moveram com urgência. A música deles cresceu devagar — a partir de aulas na universidade, jam sessions informais, refeições compartilhadas e tempo passado ouvindo uns aos outros

Entrega de soul sobre jam sessions, profundidade e construir uma cena além de categorias

AHOF is a 9-member group under F&amp;F Entertainment, consisting of members: Steven, Jeongwoo, Woongki, Shuaibo, Han, JL, Juwon, Chihen and Daisuke. The multinational boy group, formed through SBS&#x27;s survival program &quot;Universe League&quot;, name of AHOF stands for &quot;All-time Hall Of Famer&quot;, representing the members&#x27; bold ambition of one day entering Kpop&#x27;s Hall Of Fame. Their group name has further meaning, with it in Hangul (&quot;아홉&quot;) translating to &quot;Nine&quot;. In July of 2025, they debuted with the EP &quot;WHO WE ARE&quot;, with their title track &quot;Rendezvous&quot; winning the music show &quot;The Show&quot; only 7 days later. Their fandom name, FOHA, was released a few months later, on September 9, 2025. While literally being a reversal of AHOF&#x27;s group name, it also stands for &quot;Forever Our Hope, AHOF&quot;. AHOF continue to develop their musical journey, through wins on music shows, new albums, and unwavering support from fans.

AHOF

AHOF estreou com um nome que já apontava muito além do presente. All-time Hall Of Famer não é um rótulo pensado para vitórias rápidas ou atenção passageira. Implica longevidade, disciplina e o tipo de consistência que só se revela com o tempo

AHOF: A Capa Digital da KPOPWORLD

Latency was formed in 2026 by Oddinary Records. They released their debut single, &quot;It Was Love,&quot; on January 8, 2026. The group consisted of five members at debut: Heeyeon, Jeewon, Haeun, Hyunjin, and Semi. The members are known for their experience in the South Korean entertainment industry, Jeewon, Haeun, and Semi were members of Cignature, Hyunjin was a member of Loona and Loossemble and Heeyeon is a YouTuber known as Fingerstylish. On May 22, 2026, Hyunjin announced her withdrawal from the group, citing health related reasons.

LATENCY

LATENCY chega sem a mitologia de estreia habitual. Não há uma grande história de origem, nem a ilusão de uma descoberta no momento exato

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